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As reported by every news outlet across the globe:
April 20 (10 p.m.): Oil rig explosion.
Search and rescue efforts begin for 11 missing.
April 25: Response team implements try to contain oil spilling from source, weather delays cleanup.
April 28: Federal officials realize spill was far more severe than BP led them to believe. "Government officials said late Wednesday night that oil might be leaking from a well in the Gulf of Mexico at a rate five times that suggested by initial estimates...
So the blame game started a week late....somebody in DC screwed up
"For days, as an oil spill spread in the Gulf of Mexico , BP assured the government the plume was manageable, not catastrophic. Federal authorities were content to let the company handle the mess while keeping an eye on the operation...
Federal authorities were content to let the company handle the mess???
Now thats real Obama "take charge" in action.....
“But then government scientists realized the leak was five times larger than they had been led to believe, and days of lulling statistics and reassuring words gave way Thursday to an all-hands-on-deck emergency response.”
April 29: Homeland Security declares spill "of national significance"; BP insists its "plan can handle this spill."
And not much has changed since then, as the spill continues to grow and resolutions continue to be attempted.
Sounds like the MSNBC spin cycle in action............
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